"Well, well, well, look who decided to come…" Glinda and Elphie heard a familiar voice, Glinda freezed terrified that she had heard correctly. And she did, it was Fiyero standing right behind them.

"Stay strong, I'm right here" Elphie whispered into Glinda's ear turning around. "Well, of course she is, why wouldn't she be?"

"Well, since she ran away like a coward, I guessed she would be scared to come back..." He said chuckling

Glinda couldn't contain tears anymore and ran away helplessly.

"You stupid bastard, try touching her one more time! One more and I promise that you'll pay!" Elphie said angrily feeling extremely protective over the blonde.

"What? So now you are defending her? After all she did to you. Way to go GREEN freak"

"I'm telling you Fiyero, you'll pay" Elphie said with a weird smirk on her face and turned away to go and find her beautiful friend but she felt a hand on her waist pulling her back "I can't wait to taste ALL of this" Fiyero's voice said rubbing her stomach all the way to her breast. Elphie freezed and started having a flashback but she actively pushed the thought away "Don't touch me you pig." She said as she pulled away and walked away quickly.

She heard some familiar sobs and followed the sound. "My sweet... It's okay, he is gone, you are safe" she sat beside Glinda and pulled her against her comforting body. "He's gone?" The little girl's voice said

"He is, I promise" Glinda looked up and curled into Elphie's chest hearing the relaxing sound of her heart.

She loved her even more... But she figured that Elphie would never see her that way and sighed.

"Elphie, why do you protect me so much?" Glinda said

Elphie blushed and thought "because I love you" but instead she just said "Because we are friends..." She smiled "we should go to class, I'll wait for you the entire time if you want but you need to prove Fiyero that you are not intimidaded by him" Glinda nodded and stood up.

Xx

Glinda sat in class, she was scared, but was willing to try. Elphie kneeled beside her, putting her books on the desk and touching her legs gently. "Are you okay my sweet?" Glinda looked down at her, shivering, partly because she was cold, but mostly because she was scared. "I'm scared Elphie"

"Don't be, he can't do anything to you here, I'll be right outside, you'll see my shadow from here okay?" Glinda nodded and looked at Elphie walking outside the door.

Class went by slow, feeling almost like a torture for both of them, but as soon as it was finished, Glinda started walking to the door to find her emerald-skinned friend.

Elphie looked up at Glinda , felt a rush of joy and smiled. "done for the day?" She said and Glinda nodded happily.

"Can we go to our room Elphie?"

"As you wish" Elphie smiled sweetly.

They walked back to the dorm, spotting Fiyero a few times, Glinda tensed every time, and Elphie looked at him with disgust.

When they got back to the room, Glinda hugged Elphie hard "Thank you for everything" She said

"There's nothing to thank me for, but you're welcome" she smiled.

The rest of the afternoon was relaxed, they talked a little and Glinda cried a few tears, but nothing that made Elphie worry too much. She helped the blonde into her nightdress blushing the entire time, but knowing that she needed some reassurance that she was indeed safe and tucked her in bed.

They both lay down in their own bed, facing each other, they were quiet for long beats and Elphie thought Glinda was asleep already, but her voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Elphie?"

"Yes my sweet?"

"… wh-what…. Nevermind"

"Tell me, don't be scared"

"What if I told you that I love you" She said blushing

Elphie blushed and smiled "I would say that I love you too"

/I WILL BE POSTING NEW CHAPTERS AS SOON AS I CAN, PLEASE REVIEW. XOXO -GELPHAS